Joseph Arnold O'DEA

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Service Number:	4346
Enlisted:	12 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	6th Motor Transport Company
Born:	Yetholme, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chauffeur
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 December 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials:

12 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4346, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
3 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 4346, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
3 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 4346, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
3 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Motor Transport Company, From 29th Battalion
5 Apr 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Motor Transport Company
23 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4346, 6th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Nicholas O'Dea and Matilda O'Dea of Lord Street, Bathurst, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 9 July 1919 aboard HT Prinz Ludwig disembarking on 8 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Joseph married Gertrude M.E. Honeyman in Sydney, NSW